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Stress Management
When you are stressed out do
you:
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Sleep
excessively |
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Use
medicine to relax |
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Get
irritable with people around you |
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Shut down emotionally and just get through the
day |
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Eat too much |
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Use
alcohol or drugs to unwind |
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Ignore my
needs and just keep going |
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Work
harder than ever to “finish” |
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Pretend
there’s no problem, hope it will go away |
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Worry a lot and be too fearful to change
something |
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Smoke
cigarettes or use caffeine for “uppers” |
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Shop to
feel good or forget |
If you answered “yes” to even
3 or 4 of these you are probably suffering from excessive stress and would
benefit from learning better coping strategies. These could include:
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Identify
the specific stress and change it |
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Talk to
helpful, knowledgeable people |
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Take a
short or long vacation from the problem |
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Play at
your hobby – or find a hobby |
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Exercise
or be play physically |
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Laugh and
joke with friends |
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Change the
way you think about it |
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Take a
short break and daydream |
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Eat good,
healthy, nutritious food |
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Meditate,
pray, go on a retreat |
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Accept
what you cannot change, change the rest |
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If you are concerned about
your ability to handle your stress, Dr. Grace can help you identify
specific stressors and discuss ways to reduce them. Please call if you
have questions.
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